Baltimore nonprofit 4MyCiTy reports 581 new participants this month as SNAP benefits end November 1st, with elderly residents especially impacted.

More than 1.6 million people who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in the D.C. area are at risk of losing assistance starting Nov. 1 if the government shutdown continues, according to the Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Maryland’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will conclude the distribution of its March payments in 17 days. Roughly 13% of Maryland’s population, about 772,700 people, relies on food stamps. The amount received varies depending on income and ...

Hundreds of thousands of Marylanders are at risk of going hungry in November as the government shutdown lapses funding for SNAP benefits, Gov. Wes Moore said Friday. Moore said in a statement that SNAP benefits,

As November looms, states are trying to sort what options they can offer beneficiaries to fill the gap in food assistance. Reporters from the NPR Network are covering the impact of this potential lapse in states across the country.

Jeffrey Dauses, a pastor at Immaculate Heart of Mary, reported a 20% increase in requests for food assistance in the past two weeks. Dauses said the parish is preparing for further increases in demand.

As of Oct. 1, Maryland’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education, or SNAP-Ed, has been defunded following President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill.”

The USDA confirmed in a new message on its website that no SNAP benefits will be issued come Nov. 1. "Bottom line, the well has run dry. At this time, there will be no benefits issued November 1," the message reads, in part.

Maryland’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will conclude the distribution of its March payments in 11 days. Roughly 13% of Maryland’s population, about 772,700 people, relies on food stamps. The amount received varies depending on income and ...